COMDTINST 4200.38B
NOV 19 1999
(1)
Equipment to become standard shall be chosen from items already supported in
government inventory and systems under production, on a scale representative of
the population to be standardized, whenever such items will fulfill Coast Guard
requirements.
(2)
Where equipment or systems already in Government inventory will not satisfy
new requirements, procurement of equipment and systems to satisfy these
requirements shall be open to competition to the maximum extent practicable.
(3)
The initial procurement shall be supported by the JOTFOC required by the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 when the selection of an item or system to
become standard is not the result of full and open competition. In this situation, the
Standardization Program can't be used as the basis for the source selection. To use
the Standardization Program as the basis for the source selection, the item or
system must be the result of full and open competition resulting in quantities that
are representative of the population to be standardized.
(4)
Follow-on procurements of items or systems determined by the HCA to be Coast
Guard standard items in accordance with this Instruction shall be supported by the
JOTFOC required by FAR 6.302-1, citing the HCA's Determination, as described